I aten't dead

should anyone wonder where I’ve been for the past ten days – well, I’m sorry, I have a cold.

I woke up on Sunday 2nd feeling very groo, but I put that down to over-carousing with agc the night before. Mind you, I don’t often suffer with hangovers, but …

on the Monday, I still felt vile, and I hadn’t drunk *that* much on Saturday. 4 a.m. on Tuesday I woke up and couldn’t breath, as my nose was blocked. Things just went downhill from there – earache, cough, sore throat, fever, dizzy spells, and permanent lethargy. I did hardly any work, on a few occasions I collapsed on the sofa *without a laptop*, and I felt extremely ill for a week. I’ve taken Sudafed, Actifed, Lemsip max, paracetemol, ibuprofen, Lucozade (aren’t all these things expensive?!). I haven’t had a drink in 11 days, apart from one tiny medicinal whisky on 3 April.

I’m just starting to feel better today – not well, but better – and now perlmonger seems to be coming down with it.

sniff.